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John Thomas Curtis

American ecologist and botanist (1913-1961) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 47

John Thomas Curtis was an American botanist and plant ecologist. He is particularly known for his lasting contribution to the development of numerical methods in ecology. Together with J. Roger Bray, he developed the method of polar ordination with its inherent distance measure, the Bray-Curtis dissimilarity.

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship1942

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 1961 · aged 47